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At Mazars we understand the need of dealing with legal issues in an international environment. We offer a pragmatic and cross specialization approach to a diverse client base. We work with global owner-managed businesses and European listed companies, but also with local companies, associations and private individuals.

Businesses play an influential role in the future of our economies, communities and society. Business. For Good™ encourages business leaders to ‘think and act long-term’ in order to enhance business performance and pursue profit responsibly for the benefit of companies, their stakeholders and wider society.

A disruptive model: Mazars’ NextMBA
Meet the NextMBA. Next as in the next type of MBA, next type of leader, next type of faculty, and the next kind of cooperation between corporate universities. Pioneered by Mazars, in partnership with an exclusive group of hand-picked, leading academics from around the world, this 6-week programme was first rolled out to the top 70 executives of the Mazars leadership community over a period of 2 years.

Urbanity by Mazars
Present today in nearly 300 cities all over the world, Mazars believes in creating shared value, or in the interdependency between businesses and the communities to which they are connected. Cities are where we build our entrepreneurial adventure, where we recruit and train talent, where we connect with our stakeholders, and where we create value for our clients.

Towards a more equal distribution of value? A look into the extractive industry in Africa

The benefits that local populations receive from mining profits are extremely varied . Driven to act by international pressure, several states have turned to a more equal redistribution of that revenue, calling on external experts to help them transition to this new model.

If places such as Alaska or Norway have led the way in making changes to how revenues from exploitation of natural resources are distributed, other states still have work to do. The World Bank, who for a long time has viewed free markets as an effective way in itself to stem poverty, has revised its stance.

The extraction of natural resources raises a clear question: what roles do the states and mining companies play? How can we assure that the value created is distributed fairly? Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, the former Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Venezuela, has underlined that while oil certainly generates revenue, it is also potentially a source of corruption and debt, which doesn’t necessarily bring profit to local populations.

A proper management of natural resources needs to address three conditions: ‘budgetary transparency, budgetary policy based on clear regulations, and solid institutions for managing public finances’. Norway, Chile and Botswana are the leaders in this area. The implementation of a model redistribution system in Alaska is also relevant: ‘It is a conservative model with a relatively small dividend amounting to only 3 to 6% of Alaskans’ per capita income.

Just a share of Alaska’s oil revenue goes into the fund, and only the investment income from this fund is distributed – subject to a cap of 5% of the fund’s total market value. The fund is managed by the Alaska Department of Revenue, and strong checks and balances within the budget make it in many ways a model of transparency.’

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The central idea behind the ‘creating shared value’ concept is the interdependency between the competitiveness of a company and the health of the communities to which it is connected. This concept is at the core of Mazars’ identity, but also is in line with the very nature of our business activity. Creating Shared Value brings concrete changes for the better in the communities where we do business and beyond. Join the conversation!